[Pw_forum] PWscf & GPUs

[Sonu Kumar]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Ben Palmer <benpalmer1983 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Hi Ben,


>  Are there any limitations to the type of graphics card required, like a
> minimum compute capability version?
>

Yes !!

here are the requirements:
#  1 # Requirements

>> Strongly suggested:
- Intel compiler (versions above 11) or PGI compiler (tested up to 12.8)
- GNU GCC/GFORTRAN (version above 4.1 but lower than 4.6)
- NVIDIA cards (compute capability >= 2.0)
- CUDA 4.x OR CUDA 5.0
- MKL (version >=10.x) or ACML (>= 4.4.x, >= 5.x)
- python >= 2.4.x
- Quantum ESPRESSO 5.0.2[1,2]

>> Minimum:
- GNU GCC/GFORTRAN (version above 4.1 but lower than 4.6)
- NVIDIA cards (compute capability >= 1.3)
- CUDA 4.x OR CUDA 5.0
- python >= 2.4.x
- Quantum ESPRESSO 5.0.2

Good Luck !!

S.Kumar
IITD

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